What is Desktop Application Testing?

As we all know that we have various types of applications ,Desktop application is also one and obviously we need testing for that as well.

First we will see, What is Desktop application or Standalone application?

In simple sentence, an application that can be installed on a single computer(Laptop or Desktop) & used by only one person is called Desktop application/Standalone application testing.

Example: Adobe Photoshop, MS Office, Calculator.....etc

For Desktop applications, there is no requirement of servers & entire application is installed on the end user's machine.It is just a program that runs independently on a Desktop Operating System.
In Desktop application Testing, installation and uninstallation is also very important.

Some common types of Desktop application testing includes:
1.Graphical User Interface testing.
2.Load Testing.
3.Functionality Testing.
4.Database Testing.
5.Performance Testing.
6.Compatibility Testing.

Common defects in Desktop applications may include:
1.Installation and Uninstallation process.
2. Behaviour of System before and after installation of application.
3.Warning messages.
4.Error in Icon of application.
5.Success messages.
6.OS Compatibility.
7.Check for various tabs and links.
8.Resolution of the screen.
9.Print Compatibility.
10.Theme compatibility.
11.Cache update
12.Load testing.
13.Testing with multiple accounts (if there are multiple users)
14.Check for continuous usage of the application.
15.Check for navigations from page to page.
16.Time taken by the application to load.
17.If the application is having logs at the back end ,need to check the logs as well.

These are the common defects which came to my mind while testing desktop application.

In my point of view, Desktop application testing have slight differences from Web Application Testing.

Happy Testing..!!!